Telfair has opportunity, skills for breakout year
PHOENIX -- First-year Phoenix Suns point guard Sebastian Telfair knows he's not expected to be Steve Nash. He's right, but that doesn't mean he won't try to be.
With the NBA's schedule shortened and condensed by the lockout, Telfair's role as backup point guard takes on an amplified importance, particularly in the Suns' fast-paced offense.
For years now, the Suns have been among...
Via Fox Sports Arizona
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December 16, 2011
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Telfair has opportunity, skills for breakout year
PHOENIX -- First-year Phoenix Suns point guard Sebastian Telfair knows he's not expected to be Steve Nash. He's right, but that doesn't mean he won't try to be.
With the NBA's schedule shortened and condensed by the lockout, Telfair's role as backup point guard takes on an amplified importance, particularly in the Suns' fast-paced offense.
For years...
Via Fox Sports Arizona
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December 16, 2011
Phoenix Suns give and go: Sebastian Telfair
Each week, we ask a member of the Suns some off-the-court questions. This week: Backup guard Sebastian Telfair.
Via AZ Central
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8 days ago
A Viral Blow To Sebastian Telfair’s Comeback Campaign
Free agent Sebastian Telfair recently told CBS Sports’ Ben Golliver that he hoped to sign with a championship contender when and it the NBA lockout concludes, to which Golliver inquired, what might the Coney Island product bring to a club with title aspirations? “I bring myself. I bring Sebastian Telfair,” was the not-at-all pretentious answer.
The 13th overall...
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September 24, 2011
Sebastian Telfair Expected to Sign with Phoenix Suns on Friday
Players are still unable to sign with NBA teams at the moment, but discussions between players, their agents and teams across the leagues are heating up ahead of free agency beginning on Friday. The Suns are one of those such teams currently talking with a variety of free agents in order to fill out the roster before the regular season starts in a couple of weeks.
Many believe that...
Via Rant Sports
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December 07, 2011
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December 07, 2011
Future Lettermen: Next Generation: Ethan Telfair Next in Famous Family
Ethan Telfair, 16, is the younger brother of Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Sebastian Telfair. He is trying to continue the...
Via Lost Lettermen
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June 10, 2011
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June 10, 2011
Sebastian Telfair’s Younger Brother Arrested For Weapons Possession
This past Friday (May 13) Ethan Telfair, younger brother of Minnesota Timberwolves guard Sebastian Telfair, was arrested in O’Dwyer Gardens Houses in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Sixteen year old Ethan who attended Lincoln High School just like his older brother, was apprehended by the police for possession of three loaded guns as well as trying to bribe a [...]
Via Ball Junkie
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May 16, 2011
Keeping an Eye on Sebastian Telfair’s Little Brother Ethan from “Through the Fire”
If you haven’t seen “Through the Fire” you should. It’s the story of Sebastian Telfair’s early high school days until when he was drafted. One of the best parts of the movie was at the end when his little brother Ethan gets up at 6 am to practice. Now Sebastian was a freeking God in the streets of New York and turned out to be a dud in the NBA. We...
Via Unathletic
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June 30, 2010
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June 30, 2010
Brown, Telfair add to Suns' speed and defense
PHOENIX -- Grant Hill was the center of attention Friday at US Airways Center, having agreed to re-sign for a fifth season with the Phoenix Suns, but the two newest Suns were quietly starting to get comfortable with their new teammates.
With the free agent additions of Shannon Brown and Sebastian Telfair, the Suns bolstered their defense and added speed to a system that requires...
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December 09, 2011
Sebastian Telfair picks up his 2010-11 option to stay with the Cleveland Cavaliers
24-year old point guard Sebastian Telfair appeared to be little more than a throw in when the Cavs made the big deal to land Antwan Jamison last February. But he has picked up his option valued at $2.7 million bucks to stick around with the Cavs for this season. Telfair played in 4 games (0 starts) at the end of the year for the Cavs and he averaged 19.3 minutes, 9.8 points, 1...
Via Cavaliers Locker
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May 29, 2010
Knicks, Warriors, Wizards Interested In Telfair
Sebastian Telfair may be expendable with Jonny Flynn back in Minnesota...
Via RealGM
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December 25, 2010
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December 25, 2010
Suns sign PG Telfair
The Phoenix Suns signed reserve point guard Sebastian Telfair.
Telfair appeared in 37 games with the Minnesota Timberwolves last season, averaging 7.2 points and 3.0 assists.
In seven NBA seasons, he has averaged 7.8 points and 3.8 assists with five different teams.
Via Pro Sports Daily
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December 11, 2011
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December 11, 2011
Sebastian Telfair Wants to Play for the Dallas Mavericks
Free agent Sebastian Telfair is tired of watching the NBA Playoffs on television, and would like to start participating in the postseason. Bassy tells CBS Sports that he wants to play for a championship contender: “Telfair just concluded his seventh NBA season, has yet to make a single playoff appearance and has only played in more than 60 games once in the last four years...
Via SLAM Online
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September 16, 2011
Q+A: Cappie Pondexter & Sebastian Telfair
by Adena Andrews / @adena_andrews
The blogosphere was set ablaze as a modern day Battle of the Sexes was born from video (above) of New York Liberty point guard Cappie Pondexter playing against NBA veteran Sebastian Telfair. Thousands of viewers saw Pondexter make it rain buckets in a head-to-head matchup with a bigger, stronger, taller NBA player. But what they didn’t see...
Via SLAM Online
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December 19, 2011
Wolves Will Likely Trade Or Buyout Telfair
Minnesota isn't expected to keep Sebastian Telfair or Delonte West...
Via RealGM
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July 27, 2010
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July 27, 2010
What Happened To Sebastian Telfair?
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Sebastian Telfair drives past New York Knick guard Toney Douglas during their NBA preseason game against the New York Knicks in Paris on October 6, 2010. The Timberwolves won the contest, part of the annual NBA Europe Live tour, by the score of 106-100. UPI/David Silpa I was doing some web browsing as I always do and came across a story on the younger...
Via Beyond The Whistle
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May 18, 2011
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May 18, 2011
Suns waive Carter, add Telfair and Brown
The Phoenix Suns signed guards Sebastian Telfair and Shannon Brown to one-year deals, and waived forward Vince Carter in an expected cost-cutting move.
Carter was due to be paid $18 million for the upcoming season and the Suns will have to pay just $4 million of that by waiving him on Friday.
Telfair has played for five teams over seven NBA seasons, most recently a second stint...
Via AP on Fox
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December 09, 2011
Sebastian Telfair eyes spot with Dallas Mavericks
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Via SportingNews.com
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September 17, 2011
Sebastian Telfair to the Knicks?
Jonny Flynn will be returning next week, which means that the Minnesota Timberwolves look to move one point guard so they can have a limit at four. Luke Ridinour will stay, but whoever will be on the move will either be Sebastian Telfair or Sundiata Gaines. But if Flynn plays really good, coach Kurt Rambis considers only having two point guards.
“We have to see what the best...
Via Always Miller Time
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December 07, 2010
Telfair Picks Up $2.7M Option
Sebastian Telfair appeared in just four games for Cleveland this season...
Via RealGM
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May 30, 2010
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May 30, 2010
Keeping an Eye on Sebastian Telfair’s Little Brother Ethan from “Through the Fire”
If you haven’t seen “Through the Fire” you should. It’s the story of Sebastian Telfair’s early high school days until when he was drafted. One of the best parts of the movie was at the end when his little brother Ethan gets up at 6 am to practice. Now Sebastian was a freeking God in the streets of New York and turned out to be a dud in the NBA. We...
Via Unathletic
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June 30, 2010
Your 2010 Playoffs NBA All-Animal Team
The NBA Playoffs are a lot of fun. We get all sorts of great play, some chance at upsets (though not much), and we get more exposure to some funny inanities that I appreciate.
One such thing: player nicknames. A couple of weeks ago, Sebastian Telfair made his debut for the Cavs, and I photoshopped the [...]
Via Waiting For Next Year
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April 27, 2010
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April 27, 2010
Knicks Like Sebasian Telfair
via The New York TimesThe Knicks are perusing the league for backup candidates and have held multiple discussions with the Minnesota Timberwolves concerning Sebastian Telfair, according to an executive involved in the discussions. The Timberwolves will probably not make a move until they gauge the health of Jonny Flynn, their young point guard who recently returned from a hip...
Via Knicks Journal
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December 15, 2010
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December 15, 2010
Phoenix Suns' Sebastian Telfair up against tough competition
Telfair barely played in 2011, and now is in a struggle with mid-camp arrival Ronnie Price, another veteran, outplaying him for the Suns' backup point-guard job.
Via AZ Central
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December 17, 2011
Miami Heat ‘Free-agent Focus’: Sebastian Telfair
(When the lockout ends, the Miami Heat will be limited to no more than the mid-level exception to spend in free agency, which should fall somewhere in the $5.5 million range. That’s if it exists at all in a new collective-bargaining agreement. Otherwise, there might only be the veteran minimum to spend, which would be roughly $1 million for 2011-12. This is the 19th in a series...
Via Sun Sentinel
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September 22, 2011
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